Reptile Room Build

[OhhWatALoser]

I was worried about the smell, but the fans are doing their job. I think it turned out pretty good. Now to wait for the smell to disappear so I can get started on the rest of it without disrupting the household.

[jmcrook]

Been loving the progress of this project coming to fruition. Super jealous hahah thanks for sharing! Looking forward to seeing the finished results!


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[IsmQui718]

I'm loving the progress on this, OWAL!


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[OhhWatALoser]

Well it took about 4 days for the smell to disappear, then I heated the room up to 80 degrees and my God did the smell come back with a vengeance. Took another 2 days of airing out and heating up the room to finally get it to acceptable levels.

So the few times I've heated the room up, I noticed I was losing heat at a way faster rate than I imagined for a super insulated room. Well my weakest points would be the windows and the door, each having R values under 10. Windows being a much bigger problem in the winter months. So I decided to do something about that.

Foam board with fiberglass insulation glued to it.


And just press fitted in the window.


And I gave the door a little extra also.


Did the base molding earlier also, really makes it start to seem finished.


And now that I have all that done, its time to do another test run. Humidifier running this time also. While I don't see the probe being a problem, I wanted to temporarily put it up and make sure everything works as intended before I do something a little more permanent. Have to check temps around the room tomorrow and see how we did. While I still have more to do (finishing the sink being the biggest one), I'm starting to see a light at the end of the tunnel. Little more touch up paint and I might move the animals in

[OhhWatALoser]

If your significant other has problems visualizing, you might try something like this to help them out.


Well, i'm about to call this project finished. I found there was terrible moisture issue with putting insulation in the window from the high moisture room, so I dried out the room and used one of those shrink wrap kits to seal the insulation from the rest of the room. Hopefully I don't find mold when I pull them out again. Worst case scenario I'll just have to seal the windows permanently and won't be able to have fresh air in the summer like I wanted, but if that's what it takes... so be it. I started sanding the sink and realized my little experiment wasn't going to turn out as planned. There are just too many voids and I think it had to many big pieces that got ripped out during sanding. I just did a quick polish and sealed it. I think my only hope for something premium looking is to epoxy it as well. I will have to wait about a year before it is safe to put a finish like that on it though. So for now, i'm going to call it an industrial look. still will function just fine. Maybe in a year I won't even care lol. Room temp varies from 83 on the hot side to 80 on the far side floor. I don't know if I could realistically ask for better. Humidifier hits it's target without issue. Only thing I can think I am missing is a towel ring, would be nice to dry my hands after washing them lol. Might be adding animals today

[KMG]

What is the glass next to the door. Frosted windows?

It looks great!

[OhhWatALoser]

What is the glass next to the door. Frosted windows?

Yup, you can see them uncovered during the build out.

[Panic2336]

AMAZING AMAZING AMAZING !!!!!!! I love all the work you put up my friend best of luck for your upcoming projects!

[BPGator]

If your significant other has problems visualizing, you might try something like this to help them out.


Well, i'm about to call this project finished. I found there was terrible moisture issue with putting insulation in the window from the high moisture room, so I dried out the room and used one of those shrink wrap kits to seal the insulation from the rest of the room. Hopefully I don't find mold when I pull them out again. Worst case scenario I'll just have to seal the windows permanently and won't be able to have fresh air in the summer like I wanted, but if that's what it takes... so be it. I started sanding the sink and realized my little experiment wasn't going to turn out as planned. There are just too many voids and I think it had to many big pieces that got ripped out during sanding. I just did a quick polish and sealed it. I think my only hope for something premium looking is to epoxy it as well. I will have to wait about a year before it is safe to put a finish like that on it though. So for now, i'm going to call it an industrial look. still will function just fine. Maybe in a year I won't even care lol. Room temp varies from 83 on the hot side to 80 on the far side floor. I don't know if I could realistically ask for better. Humidifier hits it's target without issue. Only thing I can think I am missing is a towel ring, would be nice to dry my hands after washing them lol. Might be adding animals today

I see two thermostats in the last pic. The one on the top right i assume is to regulate the air temperature. What's the one on the left by the door for?

And it's looking awesome btw!


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[RamMac]

Love this thread. What an amazing project. I'm super jealous.